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Volume III:  IN OUR LIVING

Part 5:  OLD AGE

Part 6:  CONCLUSION


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Volume III Part 5:  Old Age

Chapter III-25:  Widows

Customs regarding the remarriage of widows; chiefs' widows: public bathing and beating; passing through the broken wall

Widows are different from other unmarried women

How widows marry again

Chiefs' widows are beaten

Bathing the widows and how they pass through the broken wall

Conclusion



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Chapter III-26:  The Life of Old People

Old age and respect; status of old people; responsibilities of old age; the family head; how old people live; types of old age; lives of three old people compared and contrasted

The respect and works of old age

The old age of women

Taking care of old people

Old age and drumming

Alhassan Lumbila's old age

Alhaji Adam's old age

Sheni's old age

Comparing Alhaji Adam and Alhassan Lumbila

Conclusion



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Volume III Part 6:  Conclusion

Chapter III-27:  Alhaji Ibrahim's Reflections on the Work

The history of Alhaji Ibrahim's relationship with John; problems of the work; why Alhaji Ibrahim did the work; how he feels about it; final instructions to John

Introduction

John's initial training in drumming

Development of the relationship

Development of the lectures

Alhaji Ibrahim's intentions and motives

The benefits of the work